diff --git a/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js b/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js
index a16386e862..19aa5e4d73 100644
--- a/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js
+++ b/js/angular/controller/navViewController.js
@@ -164,9 +164,13 @@ function($scope, $element, $attrs, $compile, $controller, $ionicNavBarDelegate,
         if (viewElement.data(DATA_DESTROY_ELE) || viewElement.data(DATA_NO_CACHE)) {
           // this element shouldn't stay cached
           $ionicViewSwitcher.destroyViewEle(viewElement);
+
         } else {
           // keep in the DOM, mark as cached
           navViewAttr(viewElement, VIEW_STATUS_CACHED);
+
+          // disconnect the leaving scope
+          ionic.Utils.disconnectScope(viewElement.scope());
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js b/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
index 126229c3f2..6ee378a768 100644
--- a/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
+++ b/js/angular/service/viewSwitcher.js
@@ -102,9 +102,6 @@ function($timeout, $document, $q, $ionicClickBlock, $ionicConfig, $ionicNavBarDe
         },
 
         render: function(registerData, callback) {
-          // disconnect the leaving scope before reconnecting or creating a scope for the entering view
-          leavingEle && ionic.Utils.disconnectScope(leavingEle.scope());
-
           if (alreadyInDom) {
             // it was already found in the DOM, just reconnect the scope
             ionic.Utils.reconnectScope(enteringEle.scope());
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
index 2707668a48..d734f548eb 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/navView.unit.js
@@ -570,6 +570,40 @@ describe('Ionic nav-view', function() {
     expect(divs.eq(0).scope().$$disconnected).toBe(false);
   }));
 
+  it('should have connected scopes at the time of lifecycle events', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout, $compile) {
+    elem.append($compile('<div><ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view></div>')(scope));
+
+    $state.go(page1State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    var beforeEnterDisconnected, afterEnterDisconnected, beforeLeaveDisconnected, afterLeaveDisconnected;
+    scope.$on('$ionicView.beforeEnter', function(ev, d){
+      beforeEnterDisconnected = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div').eq(1).scope().$$disconnected;
+    });
+    scope.$on('$ionicView.afterEnter', function(ev, d){
+      afterEnterDisconnected = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div').eq(1).scope().$$disconnected;
+    });
+    scope.$on('$ionicView.beforeLeave', function(ev, d){
+      beforeLeaveDisconnected = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div').eq(0).scope().$$disconnected;
+    });
+    scope.$on('$ionicView.afterLeave', function(ev, d){
+      afterLeaveDisconnected = elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div').eq(0).scope().$$disconnected;
+    });
+
+    $state.go(page2State);
+    $q.flush();
+    $timeout.flush();
+
+    expect(beforeEnterDisconnected).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(afterEnterDisconnected).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(beforeLeaveDisconnected).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(afterLeaveDisconnected).toBeUndefined();
+
+    expect(elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div').eq(0).scope().$$disconnected).toBe(true);
+    expect(elem.find('ion-nav-view').find('div').eq(1).scope().$$disconnected).toBeUndefined();
+  }));
+
   it('should not cache ion-nav-views that were forward when moving back', inject(function ($state, $q, $timeout, $compile, $ionicConfig) {
     elem.append($compile('<div><ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view></div>')(scope));